E18 - Nothing Is Permanent

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[00:00] Kufufu
    Now, my dear heroes, have you
    heard of the trolley problem?
[00:05] Kufufu
    You're a conductor on a train
    that's zoomin' down those tracks.
[00:09] Kufufu
    The tracks are split before you,
[00:10] Kufufu
    and one track has five party people
    while the other has one loner.
[00:13] Kufufu
    Now, which track should you switch to
    and zoom down to get the most laughs?
[00:18] Kufufu
    Now, go forth! Zoomy zoom, packed train!
[00:23] Shy
    No way!
[00:24] Shy
    There are people on board?!
SIGN    Episode 18:
    Nothing Is Permanent
[02:02] Shy
    Please stop the train!
[02:03] Shy
    What do you plan to do with these people?!
[02:06] Kufufu
    Aw, you don't have to look so scary!
[02:08] Kufufu
    You're supposed to have fun!
[02:11] Shy
    Th-There's no way this is fun!
[02:12] Shy
    People's lives are at stake here!
[02:15] Kufufu
    This is probably exactly why...
[02:17] Kufufu
    all you heroes die from
    reality being too painful.
[02:21] Shy
    Reality?
[02:22] Spirit
    Teru-chan, this is bad!
[02:24] Spirit
    There's another train up ahead.
[02:26] Spirit
    If they keep going, they're gonna crash!
[02:30] Spirit
    You two stop the train somehow.
[02:33] Spirit
    I'll try to switch the tracks!
[02:36] Kufufu
    Well, y'all seem busy.
[02:39] Shy
    Just what are you trying to do?!
[02:42] Kufufu
    What am I trying to do?
[02:43] Kufufu
    What else?
[02:45] Kufufu
    Fun stuff!
[02:50] Lady Black
    Hello! Leader?! What are we gonna do?
[02:52] Shy
    W-We need to stop this train first!
[02:55] Lady
    How, though?!
[03:03] Ai
    Teru-san!
[03:05] Shy
    I-It won't stop!
[03:08] Lady
    You dummy!
[03:16] Spirit
    There are a lot of people over there, too.
[03:19] Spirit
    I need to at least switch the tracks
    so they don't run into each other.
[03:23] Kufufu
    Hello!
[03:26] Kufufu
    Really? You sure about that answer?
[03:38] Kufufu
    Uh-oh. Now what are you gonna do?
[03:40] Kufufu
    You can't buy any more time.
[03:43] Kufufu
    You need to decide now!
[03:48] Shy
    Piltz-san!
[03:50] Lady
    Huh?
[03:50] Shy
    Ai-san!
[03:53] Kufufu
    Which one are you gonna watch die?
[03:56] Kufufu
    Are you gonna let them crash into each
    other and watch them both go squish?
[04:00] Kufufu
    Or let one drop and go boom,
    and let the other live?
[04:04] Kufufu
    Would you rather not be involved in this?
[04:10] Shy
    Pepesha-san!
[04:13] Shy
    Switch the tracks, please!
[04:16] Spirit
    Teru-chan?!
[04:26] Lady
    Pull on this!
[04:28] Lady
    Both of you!
[04:31] Spirit
    Roger!
[04:39] Shy
    How much...
[04:41] Shy
    Just how much did I regret it?
[04:44] Shy
    How many times did I think about it?
[04:47] Shy
    If only I were stronger back then...
[04:51] Shy
    If only someone were by my side...
[04:54] Shy
    But...
[04:56] Shy
    But now...
[04:59] Shy
    The hero's answer...
[05:23] Shy
    ...has been "save everyone"
    since a hundred years ago!
[05:29] Kufufu
    Oho?
[05:33] Shy
    You've lost!
[05:36] Kufufu
    Thanks for playing with me?
[05:38] Shy
    Playing?
[05:43] Lady
    Hey, what is this?
[05:46] Lady
    They're just mannequins!
[05:50] Kufufu
    There's not even anyone to save,
    and you were panicking so much!
[05:55] Kufufu
    Now that's comedy!
[05:57] Shy
    Stop messing around!
[05:58] Shy
    What's the point in any of this?!
[06:01] Kufufu
    There doesn't need to be a point.
[06:02] Kufufu
    It's always a comedy as long as it's fun.
[06:07] Kufufu
    Honestly, I'm not interested in this
    place or anyone else's dreams at all!
[06:15] Kufufu
    All I want is fun stuff and to be able to laugh.
[06:21] Shy
    What did you just pull out?
[06:23] Kufufu
    This is an incomplete life-form.
[06:27] Kufufu
    It's missing a heart.
[06:29] Kufufu
    It looks like this because
    it doesn't have a heart.
[06:32] Kufufu
    Isn't it unfortunate?
[06:36] Kufufu
    That's why I'm gonna find one for it!
[06:38] Kufufu
    A laughing heart!
[06:42] Spirit
    You just don't give up, do you?!
[06:47] Shy
    Are you all right, Pepesha-san?!
[06:49] Spirit
    Yes, I'm fine.
[06:51] Spirit
    But her... Since the last time
    we saw her, she seems more...
[06:58] Kufufu
    You protected me?
[07:02] Kufufu
    Yeah... I knew it.
[07:05] Kufufu
    Tzveta-chan must be here.
[07:08] Lady
    That's enough from you!
[07:15] Kufufu
    I finally found you. We got to meet again.
[07:20] Kufufu
    I'll make sure you laugh this time!
[07:26] Kufufu
    We're always together! It's so much fun!
[07:31] Kufufu
    There's not a single thing that's sad!
[07:36] Shy
    What... is this feeling?
[07:36] Kufufu
    As long as we're laughing, everything is fun!
[07:41] Spirit
    It's okay. Leave this to me.
[07:44] Spirit
    You go on ahead, Teru-chan.
[07:46] Spirit
    I'm going to do my part.
[07:49] Shy
    Pepesha-san...
[07:52] Shy
    Right!
[07:53] Shy
    Ai-san, Piltz-san!
[07:55] Shy
    Let's leave this to Spirit
    and prioritize our mission!
[07:58] Lady
    H-Hey!
[08:04] Spirit
    Are you just going to let them go?
[08:07] Kufufu
    I don't care about anyone else's dreams.
[08:10] Kufufu
    You're the only one I'm interested in.
[08:14] Kufufu
    The one who killed Tzveta-chan...
[08:17] Kufufu
    is you, isn't it?
[08:22] Lady
    Hey! Are you really sure that was okay?
[08:25] Lady
    Leaving Spirit behind like that...
    That girl was crazy!
[08:32] Shy
    I'm pretty sure she was just sad.
[08:37] Shy
    I think there's a tremendous
    sadness hidden behind her smile.
[08:43] Shy
    I'm pretty sure Pepesha-san felt that, too.
[08:46] Shy
    That's why she stayed behind.
[08:49] Shy
    So she can face her and be there for her.
[08:52] Lady
    But that's weird. It's almost
    like you want to help them.
[08:58] Ai
    Can we actually save them?
    Even the guys in Amarariruku?
[09:02] Lady
    A-Ai-san?
[09:04] Ai
    I... After getting this far and
    meetin' various Amarariruku members,
[09:10] Ai
    I don't know what to do anymore.
[09:13] Ai
    Amarariruku should be the enemy of the world.
[09:17] Ai
    And yet those two just seemed
    like innocent children.
[09:22] Shy
    Ai-san...
[09:24] Shy
    I knew it...
[09:26] Shy
    You want to save the person who's
    on top of that tower, right?
[09:32] Ai
    When I first came here, I was
    prepared to kill her if I had to.
[09:40] Lady
    K-Kill her? What the heck happened?
[09:45] Ai
    In my village, there were two katanas
    that were handed down for generations.
[09:52] Ai
    The first one is a blade that
    leads people down the right path.
[09:56] Ai
    The Heart Blade, Purity.
[10:00] Ai
    The second one leads people
    down the path of rage.
[10:04] Ai
    The God Blade, Nihil.
[10:07] Ai
    The peace and balance that were
    upheld by the two opposing blades
[10:11] Ai
    was suddenly destroyed one day.
[10:17] Ai
    There were many casualties that
    caused people to leave the village,
[10:22] Ai
    and the God Blade Nihil also disappeared.
[10:25] Ai
    The one who caused all of this
    and the wielder of Nihil...
[10:33] Ai
    is my younger twin sister, Mai Tennoji.
[10:41] Ai
    Shy.
SIGN    Ai Tennoji
    
    Nationality: Japanese
    Likes: Ninja training
     Has the ability to make people fall asleep.
    The princess of the Soga ninja village.
    An expert at using ninja arts.
SIGN    A Few Years Ago
    Soga Village
[10:52] (Flashback) Master
    Ai and Mai, well done on your
    spiritual training thus far.
[10:59] (Flashback) Master
    As I acknowledge you both as true shinobi,
    there is something I must tell you.
[11:05] (Flashback) Master
    There are two katanas in Soga Village that
    have been passed down for generations.
[11:10] (Flashback) Master
    The blade that leads people
    down the right path:
[11:13] (Flashback) Master
    the Heart Blade, Purity.
[11:14] (Flashback) Master
    And the blade that leads
    people down the wrong path:
[11:18] (Flashback) Master
    the God Blade, Nihil.
[11:20] (Flashback) Ai
    Excuse me, Master!
[11:22] (Flashback) Ai
    I understand why the katana with
    the right path gets handed down.
[11:26] (Flashback) Ai
    But why's the katana with
    the wrong path still around?
[11:30] (Flashback) Master
    That's a great question, Ai.
[11:32] (Flashback) Master
    Good and evil change over time.
[11:36] (Flashback) Master
    There's no guarantee that people can
    always choose the right path, either.
[11:41] (Flashback) Master
    These two blades are testing
    the souls of the shinobi.
[11:50] (Flashback) Ai
    Swords that represent the village, huh?
[11:54] (Flashback) Ai
    I wonder what kinda powers they have.
[11:57] (Flashback) Mai
    I can't say I'm that interested in them.
[12:00] (Flashback) Mai
    Katanas seem so violent.
[12:03] (Flashback) Ai
    There you go sayin' the most
    un-shinobi-like things again.
[12:06] (Flashback) Ai
    You'll never be able to hear the
    hearts of the swords that way.
[12:11] (Flashback) Mai
    Rather than any heart of a sword...
[12:14] (Flashback) Mai
    If I could hear what the hearts of bugs
    and birds and even plants had to say,
[12:18] (Flashback) Mai
    that'd make me plenty happy.
[12:25] (Flashback) Ai
    Hmph. Just because you're a little
    better at trainin' than me...
[12:29] (Flashback) Ai
    Mai, you moron!
[12:37] (Flashback) Ai
    A b-b-bird!
[12:40] (Flashback) Ai
    Did I hit it? I'm sorry for hurtin' ya!
[12:44] (Flashback) Ai
    Er, wait.
[12:45] (Flashback) Ai
    My shuriken's over here?
[12:48] (Flashback) Ai
    Then did some animal get to ya?
[12:52] (Flashback) Ai
    Then I guess it doesn't concern me...
[13:00] (Flashback) Ai
    Mai!
[13:01] (Flashback) Ai
    Help me out here!
[13:08] (Flashback) Mai
    The poor thing...
[13:11] (Flashback) Mai
    It must hurt so much...
[13:14] Ai
    At that moment, Mai was cryin'.
[13:17] Ai
    She cried thinkin' about the pain this dirty,
    nameless bird must've been feeling.
[13:23] Ai
    Honestly, I couldn't really understand...
[13:27] Ai
    But seeing that somehow made me envious.
[13:34] Ai
    A few days later, that bird
    happily went flyin' away.
[13:45] (Flashback) Mai
    Hey, now!
[13:47] (Flashback) Mai
    Don't go hittin' bugs with those sticks.
[13:50] (Flashback) Mai
    You need to be nice to them.
[13:52] (Flashback) Boy A
    W-We're sorry.
[13:55] (Flashback) Mai
    They say that even the
    smallest bug has a soul.
[13:59] (Flashback) Mai
    Even a tiny bug like this
    is alive just like us.
[14:05] (Flashback) Mai
    Make sure you don't forget that.
[14:07] (Flashback) Boy A
    Okay...
[14:09] (Flashback) Ai
    Well, look at you!
[14:10] (Flashback) Ai
    Skippin' out on trainin'
    and lecturin' others!
[14:12] (Flashback) Ai
    Aren't we all high and mighty?
[14:14] (Flashback) Mai
    Ai-nee... I'm done with my job, though.
[14:18] (Flashback) Mai
    Are you done with your trainin'?
[14:20] (Flashback) Ai
    Am I done with my trainin'?!
[14:22] (Flashback) Ai
    Why are ya talkin' like it's just me?!
[14:24] (Flashback) Ai
    Do you even plan on becomin' a proper shinobi?
[14:27] (Flashback) Mai
    Ai-nee, you don't need to worry about me.
[14:31] (Flashback) Mai
    I'm plenty happy even if I
    don't become a proper shinobi.
[14:34] (Flashback) Ai
    Now I'm mad!
[14:36] (Flashback) Ai
    My li'l sister is a wimp!
[14:37] (Flashback) Ai
    If yer gonna skip out on trainin',
    I'll just have to train ya myself!
[14:48] (Flashback) Ai
    Huh?
[14:49] (Flashback) Mai
    Oh... I'm sorry, Ai-nee!
[14:51] (Flashback) Mai
    You aren't hurt, are you?
[14:53] (Flashback) Ai
    Sh-Shut up!
[14:55] (Flashback) Ai
    I just slipped a little!
[14:58] (Flashback) Mai
    Ai-nee... um...
[15:01] (Flashback) Ai
    I'm goin' home!
[15:03] Ai
    What the hell?
[15:05] Ai
    What the hell? What am I even tryin' to...
[15:16] Ai
    My natural talent as a shinobi
[15:19] Ai
    is no match for Mai's.
[15:24] Ai
    Why am I the older sister?
[15:28] (Flashback) Master
    Do you really mean this, Mai?
[15:32] (Flashback) Mai
    This is something I've
    thought about for a long time.
[15:37] (Flashback) Mai
    Times change.
[15:39] (Flashback) Mai
    That's what you told us, Master.
[15:42] (Flashback) Mai
    And you're right. There's no
    need for shinobi anymore.
[15:47] (Flashback) Mai
    I think Soga Village should be destroyed.
[15:56] (Flashback) Ai
    Mai!
[15:58] (Flashback) Ai
    Do ya really think our
    village should be destroyed?
[16:03] (Flashback) Mai
    You were listenin'?
[16:05] (Flashback) Ai
    You're gonna deny the
    existence of us shinobi?
[16:08] (Flashback) Ai
    The shinobi that've dedicated
    their lives to this world?
[16:13] (Flashback) Mai
    Did you know there was a huge
    fire in the village next door?
[16:17] (Flashback) Ai
    Huh?
[16:19] (Flashback) Mai
    Shinobi live away from civilization,
    so they can't ask others for help.
[16:23] (Flashback) Mai
    And because of that, many people,
    animals, and nature itself
[16:29] (Flashback) Mai
    were swallowed up by that fire.
[16:32] (Flashback) Mai
    We're too ignorant about the outside world.
[16:35] (Flashback) Ai
    So since we're barely
    connected to the outside world,
[16:38] (Flashback) Ai
    our village shouldn't exist?
[16:42] (Flashback) Mai
    The times... The people are
    changin' into somethin' different.
[16:49] (Flashback) Mai
    You'll realize it someday, too.
[16:53] (Flashback) Ai
    Mai...
[16:58] (Flashback) Ai
    Ugh, this don't feel right!
[17:00] (Flashback) Ai
    I can't even concentrate on my trainin'!
[17:02] (Flashback) Ai
    I don't even know how to act with Mai now!
[17:16] (Flashback) Tokimaru
    Are you all right?
[17:18] (Flashback) Ai
    Who the hell're you?!
[17:22] (Flashback) Tokimaru
    I apologize for not introducing myself.
    My name is Tokimaru.
[17:25] (Flashback) Tokimaru
    Please forgive me for my sudden rudeness.
[17:27] (Flashback) Ai
    Tokimaru? I ain't seen
    you around here before.
[17:30] (Flashback) Ai
    Just who are you?
[17:31] (Flashback) Tokimaru
    I came here yesterday from
    the village next door.
[17:34] (Flashback) Tokimaru
    I wanted to serve the Tennoji family.
[17:37] (Flashback) Ai
    The village next door? Where's yer family?
[17:40] (Flashback) Tokimaru
    I have no family.
[17:42] (Flashback) Tokimaru
    Please allow me to serve you, Ai-sama.
[17:44] (Flashback) Ai
    Yeah, but... I'm still trainin' myself.
[17:50] (Flashback) Ai
    Tokimaru, how much ninjutsu do ya know?
[17:53] (Flashback) Tokimaru
    Um... a little.
[17:56] (Flashback) Ai
    Well, if ya become my student
    and train to be a shinobi,
[18:00] (Flashback) Ai
    I guess I wouldn't mind
    talkin' to my master for ya.
[18:03] (Flashback) Tokimaru
    Oh!
[18:04] (Flashback) Tokimaru
    That would be wonderful, thank you.
[18:06] (Flashback) Mai
    Uh-huh...
[18:11] (Flashback) Mai
    Is your mom all better now?
[18:14] (Flashback) Mai
    I see. Glad to hear it!
[18:18] (Flashback) Ai
    Come on! Pick up the pace already!
[18:21] (Flashback) Tokimaru
    Yes, ma'am!
[18:23] (Flashback) Mai
    A-Ai-nee? What're you doin'?
[18:26] (Flashback) Ai
    What does it look like, Mai? I'm trainin'!
[18:28] (Flashback) Ai
    What're ya doin', enjoyin' tea with a bear?
[18:31] (Flashback) Ai
    Wait, a bear?!
[18:32] (Flashback) Ai
    What're ya even doin'?! That's dangerous!
[18:35] (Flashback) Mai
    This little one ain't dangerous at all.
[18:37] (Flashback) Mai
    More importantly, who's that?
[18:40] (Flashback) Ai
    This is Tokimaru! He's my student
    who came from the next village over.
[18:44] (Flashback) Mai
    Er, "student"?
[18:46] (Flashback) Ai
    Hey, don't even think about it!
[18:48] (Flashback) Ai
    Tokimaru's my student!
[18:50] (Flashback) Ai
    Only I can use him!
[18:51] (Flashback) Tokimaru
    Oh, no. If you ever need anything,
    Mai-sama, please tell me.
[18:55] (Flashback) Ai
    Hey! Don't go betrayin' me!
[18:57] (Flashback) Mai
    Then why don't we have some tea together?
[19:01] (Flashback) Tokimaru
    As you wish.
[19:02] (Flashback) Ai
    Wha—
[19:03] (Flashback) Ai
    What the heck?!
[19:11] Ai
    After Tokimaru came to our village,
[19:13] Ai
    strangely enough, Mai
    seemed happier than before.
[19:21] Ai
    Before I knew it, I was talkin'
    normally to her again, too.
[19:25] Ai
    The three of us were always
    playin' shinobi games.
SIGN    Shinobi
[19:32] Ai
    The time the three of us spent together
[19:34] Ai
    was like rememberin' the fun
    times we'd long forgotten.
[19:40] Ai
    I really thought the three of us would be
    able to live happily ever after forever.
[19:45] Ai
    At least... that's what I thought.
[19:51] (Flashback) Villager
    Fire! Everyone, get to safety!
[19:54] (Flashback) Villager
    The fire's spreadin' everywhere!
[19:56] (Flashback) Villager
    Get out of the village!
SIGN    Shinobi
[20:01] (Flashback) Ai
    What... What're you doin'...
[20:04] (Flashback) Ai
    Mai?!
[20:07] (Flashback) Mai
    Ai-nee.
[20:09] (Flashback) Mai
    Flames represent burials.
[20:13] (Flashback) Mai
    Lives turn to ash so they
    can return to nothing.
[20:18] (Flashback) Mai
    This is a burial for all
    of the lives we'd taken.
[20:23] (Flashback) Ai
    What are you...
[20:30] (Flashback) Ai
    Ma—
[20:33] (Flashback) Ai
    Ma...i...
[20:37] (Flashback) Ai
    Wh-Why?
[20:40] (Flashback) Mai
    Say, Ai-nee.
[20:42] (Flashback) Mai
    If we didn't have hearts...
[20:50] (Flashback) Mai
    and all the pain in this world disappeared...
[20:56] (Flashback) Mai
    Maybe we would've never hated anyone.
[21:01] (Flashback) Tokimaru
    Ai-sama?! Ai-sama!
[21:04] (Flashback) Tokimaru
    Ai-sama!
[21:08] Ai
    If I'm bein' honest, I still have no
    idea how Mai ended up like that.
[21:14] Ai
    But as a rule of my village,
    I have to cut Mai down since she left.
[21:19] Ai
    I'm still tryin' to figure out
    if there's any other way...
[21:26] Shy
    Then let's try to find a solution together.
[21:30] Shy
    Your little sister... Mai-san... must be someone
    who can understand the sadness of others.
[21:36] Shy
    I can't imagine someone like that
    actually losing their heart.
[21:42] Shy
    I believe that even some of the people
    within Amarariruku still have a kind heart.
[21:49] Ai
    Teru-san...
[21:53] Inori
    Are you done talking?
[21:57] Lady
    A new enemy?!
[22:00] Inori
    Let us now begin a dream!